Electric control system utilizing a saturable reactor for limiting currents



Maw}! 1953 1-. H. BLOODWORTH 2,632,139

ELECTRIC CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING A SATURABLE REACTQR FOR LIMITING CURRENT-S Filed June 1, 1951 B W/J she/www- M- @Xopdwp/WQ:

W o/mm Patented Mar. 17, 1953 ELECTRIC CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING A SATURABLE REACTOR FOR LIMITING CURRENTS Thomas H. Bloodworth, Elm Grove, Wis., assignor to Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company,

Milwaukee, Wis.

Application June 1,1951,SerialN0.229, 329 .1.

6 Claims. (01; 31s 14. 2

This invention relates in general to improvements in electric control systems and in particu- 'lar to means for controlling a dynamoelectric machine to limit the magnitude of an operating condition thereof.

Dynamoelectric machine control systems are known in which a regulator which is normally operative to maintain constant an operating condition of the machine, such as voltage, current, speed or power, is overcome by the action of pro- 'tective means responsive to another operating condition of the machine attaining a limiting value. Some of such systems utilize a triode which is biased to cut off during normal operation of the regulating means and which is rendered conductive upon the operating condition reaching the limiting value to overcome the regulating means and prevent the other operating condition from substantially exceeding the limiting value. However, the change from nonconductivity to conductivity of a triode is a gradual process requiring a substantial change in grid bias with respect to the bias which just renders the tube conductive to produce a substantial plate current in the tube. Therefore, these systems suffer from the disadvantage that although the protective triode is rendered conductive upon the operating condition attaining a limiting value, the operating condition may substantially exceed its limiting value before the triode is rendered conductive enough to pass sufiicient plate current to overcome the regulating means.

These disadvantages can be overcome by utilizing as protecting means a device which is rendered abruptly fully responsive to an operating condition of a dynamoelectric machine tending to exceed a limiting or critical value. One of the most suitable of such devices is a saturable reactor which is energized by a measure of the condition to be limited and which has the property of becoming abruptly conductive or substantially nonconductive in response to small variations in the strength of the magnetornotive forces impressed thereon. A saturable reactor has the further advantage of permitting electrical isolation of the regulatin and control circuits from the regulated machine.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved control system for a dynamoelectric machine provided with regulating means for maintaining one operating con-' dition of the machine constant, in which system the operation of the regulating means is abruptly overcome in response to another operating conditionof the machine attaining a critical limitin value.

I 4 .'.I. It is a further object of the present invention to provide improved protective means a dynamoelectric machine control system in which the protective meansv and regulating system'areelectrically isolated from the machine. v

Objects and advantages other than those set forth above will be readily apparent from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying, drawing, the single 1'};- ure of which diagrammaticallyillustrates the circuitsand apparatus of the invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawing'ljy character of reference, numeral '6 designates a dynamoelectric machine of which an operating 1 condition. is to be regulated. Machine I5 is provided with an armature 6a and a field winding 6b energized from any suitable source such asa battery I through an adjustable resistorB. Machine 6 may be a motor of any suitable type, such as a direct current motor driving any suitable load device such as the rolls 9 of one section of a paper mill. Machine 6 is energized from the armature IIa of a generator II having a field winding I lb. Field winding I Ib is energized from, the armature I 2a of an exciter generator I2 having a self energizing field winding I2?) and a pair of differentially acting field windings I2c, I211. Field winding IZ-b is connected across armature I2a in series with an adjustable resistor I3.

Field windings I20, IZd are energized 'from suitable control means such as first electric valve means comprising a pair of triodes I4 and second electric valve means comprising a'si'mila'r pair of triodes I5. Triodes I4 are eachprovided with an anode I 4a, a cathode I ib, and a control grid I40. Each triode I5 is similarly provided with an anode [5a, a cathode means a control grid I5c. Anodes I la are connected in parallel with each other to one terminal of field winding IZ c, and anodes I 5a are similarly connected in parallel with each other to a terminal of field winding I2d. Cathodes Mb, i512 are connected together to the negative terminal of a suitable source of plate voltage for triodes I4, I5, such as a battery I 6. The positive terminal of battery I6 is connected to a common terminal 12s of field windings I20,

I I2d to supply to field windings I2c, I2d currents determined by the conductivities of triodes I4, I5.

Each grid I40 has connected in series therewith a current limiting resistor I 'I' and grids I5c are provided With similar resistors I8. Grids I40 are connected to an output terminal 22 of a cathode follower bridge circuit 23, and grids I are similarly connected to an output terminal'24 of bridge 23. Bridge23 comprises a pair of fixed resistors 21, 28 and a pair of variable resistance elements in the form of electric valve means such as triodes 3|, 32. 'Iriode 3| has an anode 31a, a cathode 3| b and a control grid 3| 0, and triode 32 has an anode-32a, acathode32b. and a control grid 320. If desired, :triodes 3!, '32 .may be mounted within a common envelope as shown in the drawing. Anodes am, 32a are connected 110 the positive term nal of a plate voltage battery 33, and cathodes 3lb, 3222 are connected through resistors 21, 28 respectively, to the-negative terminal of battery 33. A pair of resistors 29, 3B are serially connected between termi-nalsc22, 24 and a neutral terminal 34 is provided intermediate-resistors 29, 30. This intermediate terminal is connected to cathodes I42), I51) through raflbiasing battery it and a voltage divider 2| to cause the conductivity of triodes l4, l to vary inz response 2c; variations in the voltage between terminals ;.The,potential difference between terminals 22, a2-4 mayv be varied in; response ,to variationsin .the operating icondition being (controlled. Ire it is desired to icontrolthmspeed of machines, a i itachometer generatori35 may be connected to .machine 6 to produoea.voltageproportional,to t-thesspeed of the machine. The voltage of tachometer ,genenators35 is impressed iacrosswa speedssetting: voltagepidiv'ider All and an adjustable portion thereof is .comparedxw'ith. the, voltsages-of. a suitable reference, such ..as the. voltage impressed across-a voltage divider 36 fbyabattery viflfiandthe resulting voltage differenceris impressed= between the ,cathode Alb-and the grid -.4-tc..-of-- =a-Ztriode M havingsananode Ma. Anode e l-la is connectedsthrough resistors 43,154 to the positive terminal-ofbatteryi33,land grid Me of ntriodes3v-l is connected to a commonterminaldii .ibctweenH-resistors-43,44. A .triode 4-2 similar to .triode M may be mounted ,in ,a common envelope nwith-triode-4l and the. anode AZ-a thereofconnectedto battery 33 through aresistorAli. Grid @320; of triode 3-2qis connected-to a terminal-48 ibetweensresistor 46 and i-anode 42a. T'Suitable rbiasingimeans, such :as a ,battery- 41, maybe conmected betweencathode 42band grid A'Zctomainstain itriode A2 in -a predetermined state of: conductivity.

i'I-io :preventtani operating. condition. of machine =6 other than the condition being regulated from ssubstantially; exceeding .,a limiting value, limit- -,-ing;-means including-a .pair .of ,saturable reactors e56, .i5l'la-are-iassociatedwith the, regulating ,sys-

T126111. Reactori56 comprises aapairpfssaturable :cores 56a; a reactance swinding 156b .idivided into :two yportions severally ,wou-ndion the two. cores, a= control winding 5 a likewise divided "into .two portions and-a ibias winding 56d similarly com- I sprisingtwoportions. Reactorfil similarly, corn- .from battery 81 through windings .55 file. .pairvoi resistors-86,, 81 are seriallyconnectedwith signal voltage having a magnitude dependent upon the saturation of reactor 51.

Resistor 64 is connected in the grid circuit of electric valve means comprising a triode I! havingsan anode Ha, a cathodellbsand a control grid He.

Resistor 65pis similarly" connected in the grid circuit of a triode 12 having an anode 120,, a cathode 'l2b and a control grid 120. Resistor 64 is connected between cathode Nb and grid='|-l.c inseriesrwith a biasing battery 13 and a "resisto ikwh-ile resistor 65 is connected between cathode 12b and grid in series with battery Z13 and a resistor 15. Anode Ha is connected to terminal-4.8,.and anode 12a is connected to anode Md. gCa-ihodesl'iilb, 12?) are connected together to the negative terminal of battery 33 through a conductor H.

;Bias--windings 56d, 51d are serially connected with each other across- -a suitable source of sub-i stantiallyconstantbias volt eie,.s chas,.a batte in. t conirol windinss.v Sta. file aresser a lx connected with. each other. and. a pair o /h l Wav rectifiers 82, 123acrosslbat ery 81. Rect fiers i2. 83 are poled so as to prevent the fiow of current A 12L predetermined maximum value, an jinterpole winding 60 of .-machi ne6,,maybe connectedas shown .tozimpress between thecommonlterminfii s of 1rectifiersr8i2 fi 3, iandrresistorsfidn 8] a voltage whichis a measureoi theccurrentin machine 6.

t n-operation, withmachines I l and i2 running, machine 6 operates ata speed dependent upon the voltage of armature Ha resultingfrom the excitationof field winding llb, which excitation is in :turn determined by the voltage of armature 12a. Assuming that machine 6w iswoperating at the desired speed, the voltage impressed L1 3 tachometer generator 3.5-onedivider 46 is fless'than the voltage of voltage dividcrjfiby a predetermined-amount, and this voltage ,difierenceis impressed between grid Mo and cathode Mb to maintain .triode Akin a predeterminedstate of conductivity. This predetermined conductivity is selected with. respect tothe conductivity of triode' i2 as, determined. lovbia batt ry. 41, so that terminals 545, 4.8 are a the. same potential y when ithosreed. of. .machinefibasthe; desire value.

With terminals 4.5. 4.8. at ,;the;samepoten ia ,grids v31c, 32c..are.a1s o eta-equal!p t ntials. s r-9- .sultingflin equal conductivities of triodes al iz.

Assuming that resistors 2 fls h veequal. LE of resistance, termina1s22L24. re thu atiith same potential and 1 0 volta eiiscimplfis fi upon grids 54c, 15c byibridgefi. The conductivitiesof .triodes ,M, J5 are therefore determined ,by, the

bias voltage across voltage, divider. 2,1, and vas- ,suming that resistor I3 is adjusted so that self exciting field Winding lZbgsupplieaall.ofthe excitation required to maintainthe voltage of armature 1 2a at. any, given value, divider 2| may be adjusted so thattriodes -14, l5 are. rendered partially conductive to .a preselected -extent. Under these conditions, equal currents'areisup- .plied. to differentially act ng afield windin s 12c,

"12d and fieldwinding I21) vmaintains the voltage of. armature l Za-atthe value requiredflto maintain the speed of machine 6 at the desired value.

During the above described operation of the system, interpole winding 60 impresses between the common terminal of rectifiers 82, 83 and the common terminal of resistors 86, 81 a voltage proportional to the current in machine 6. This voltage, when generator II is supplying current to machine 5, acts cumulatively on winding 550 with respect to the voltage of resistor 8% and acts difierentially with respect to the voltage of resistor 81 on windings 51c. Rectifier 82 prevents the flow of current through winding 560 under these conditions and rectifier 83 permits current to flow through winding 510 only when the voltage across winding 60 exceeds the voltage of resistor 81. Therefore, during the above described operation, if the current in machine 6 remains below the maximum value, the voltage of winding 60 is less than the voltage of resistor 81 and no current flows through windings 56c, 570.

The bias current supplied by battery BI to bias windings 56d, 51d produces in windings Edd, 51d magnetomotive forces which cancel the magnetomotive forces of reactance windings 56b, 51b, respectively, when no current is flowing in control windings 56c, 510, so that substantially no current flows through reactance windings 56b, 512) under these conditions. With substantially no current flowing through windings 56b, 57b, the voltage drops across resistors 64, 65 are negligible, so that battery I3 maintains triodes 'II, I2 nonconductive and without effect on the regulating system.

If the speed of machine 6 increases above the desired value, the voltage impressed across divider 40 by tachometer generator 35 increases to render grid llc less negative and thereby increase the conductivity of triode 4 I An increase in conductivity of triode 4| decreases the potential of terminal 45 and the potential of grid 3Ic to decrease the potential of terminal 22 with respect to the potential of terminal 24. Grids I50 are thereby rendered more positive with respect to their cathodes I51) to render triodes I5 more conductive, and grids I40 are rendered less positive to render triodes I4 less conductive. This action increases the energization of winding I2d with respect to winding I20 to reduce the voltage of armature I2a for returning the speed of machine 6 to the desired value. The same action occurs if the desired speed setting is lowered by moving the adjustable tap of divider 40.

A sequence of operations converse to that described above occurs when the speed of machine 6 decreases below the desired value or when the speed setting is raised by moving the adjustable tap of divider d0.

, If, during acceleration of machine 6, the machine armature current tends to exceed the limiting value, the voltage across interpole winding 60 increases above the voltage of resistor 81 and rectifier 83 thereupon permits current to flow through control winding 57c. This current in control winding 51c produces a magnetomotive force which opposes the magnetomotive force of winding 57d and aids the magnetomotive force of winding 51b to lower the reactance of reactance winding 51!) to permit a substantial current to now through winding 51b and resistor 65. The saturating action of control winding 510 is strengthened by the self saturating action of rectifiers 66, so that a small current in control winding 510 causes a substantial current to flow in reactance winding 51b and resistor 65. This current in resistor 55 produces a voltage thereacross which renders triode I2 abruptly conductive so that the potential'of 'anodella, to which anode 72a is connected, and the potential of terminal 45, are abruptly lowered. A decrease in the potential of terminal 45 lowers the potential of grid 3E0 to unbalance bridge 23 and render terminal 24 positive with respect to terminal 22. Triodes I5 are thereupon rendered more conductive to supply to field winding I2d additional current to prevent the current in machine 6 from substantially exceeding the limiting value.

When the speed setting of divider 40 is rapidly changed to reduce the speed of machine 6 or when it is desired to regeneratively brake machine 6 to a stop, the high inertia of rolls 9 and the associated equipment causes the voltage or" machine 8 to exceed the voltage of machine I i causing machine 6 to act as a generator supplying machine I I as a motor, thereby reversing the direction of current flow in armature 6a. This reversal of current renders the voltage of interpole winding 60 cumulative with respect to the voltage of resistor 81 and differential with respect to the voltage of resistor 86, so that if this reversed current tends to exceed the maximum value, rectifier 82 permits current to flow through control winding 550, while rectifier 83 blocks the flow of current through control winding File. A substantial current thereupon flows through reactance winding 56b and resistor 64 to render triode 'ZI abruptly conductive. This action abruptly lowers thepotential of terminal at and grid 32-: to decrease the conductivity of triode 32 and thereby unbalance bridge 23 to render triodes It more conductive. Triodes I4 thereupon supply more current to field winding #20 to increase the voltage of armature Ila and thereby prevent the current in machine 6 from substantially exceeding the maximum value.

If resistor 43 was not utilized and grid 3Ic was consequently connected directly to anode 4511, the above described decrease in the potential of terminal 68 and grid 32c might not produce the desired unbalance of bridge 23, since, if triode 4| was fully conductive, the potential of grid 3! 0 would be at its lowest value and even if triode II was fully conductive, the potential of terminal 48 and grid 320 could not decrease below the potential of grid file to unbalance bridge 23 to produce the desired current limiting action.

However, with resistor 43 connected as shown and with triode II fully conductive as described above, the voltage drop across resistor 43 causes the potential or" terminal 48 to be lower than the potential of terminal 43 independently of the state of conductivity of triode 4!, so that bridge 23 is unbalanced to produce the desiredcurrent limiting action.

Although but one embodiment of the present invention has been illustrated and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of invention or the scope of the appended claims. Features disclosed but not claimed herein are claimed in application of Allan C. Halter, Serial Number 229,299, filed June 1, 1951.

It is claimed and desired to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a system for maintaining an operating condition of a dynamoelectric machine substantially constant at a predetermined value, the combination of a source for supplying current to said machine, regulating means responsive to variations in said operating conditionefrom said aneaiee 7 predetermined,valuetfor controlling the: flow of current fromeaid source: .to said machineto maintain: said condition substantially constant at' s'a'idpredetermined value, a: saturable reactor having a reactance'winding a bias winding and -a; contro1'windin'g, 1a source I of alternating current for energizing said reactance winding, means including rectifier means connecting said reactance-winding' to saidregul'ating means, a source -of" subst'anti'allyconstantunidirectional reference voltage for' energizing said bias winding tomaintain saidreactor "substantially nonconductive, meansfor producing a control voltage dependent upon the magnitude of another operating condition of said machine, means for impressing "said reference-voltage and said control voltage on a circuit includingsaid control Winding; and arectifier connected in said circuit to prevent' energization of'said control windingwhensaid reference voltage exceeds said controlvolt'a'ge', whereby said reactor is rendered conductive upon said other operating condition attaining a predetermined maximum value to overcome said regulating means to prevent said other operating condition from-substantially exceedin'g said maximum value.

2'. In a-system iormaintaining an operating condition of a dynamoelectric machine substantially constant at' a predetermined value, the combination off'a source for supplying current to said machine, regulating means responsive to variations in said operating condition from said predetermined value for controlling the flow of current from said source to said machine to maintain said condition substantially constant at said predetermined value, a triode connected to said regulating means, said triode having an anode, a cathodeand a control grid, a saturable reactor having a reactance Winding, a bias winding' and a control Winding, a source of alternating' current for energizing said reactance winding, a first resistor connected in circuit with said source of alternating current and said reactance winding to produce across said resistor a signal voltage dependent upon the saturation of said reactor, a source of substantially constant unidirectional voltage for energizing said bias winding, means'ior energizing said control win ing in dependenceuponthe magnitude of another operating condition of said machine to vary the saturation of said reactor in dependence upon variations in said other operating condition, biasing means connected between said grid and said cathode for rendering said triode nonconductive, and means connecting said first resistor in circuit withsaid biasing means toimpresssaid signal voltage- 'betweensaid grid and. said cathode, whereby said triode isrendered conductive 'uponsaid other operating condition. attaining a predetermined maximum value to overcome said regulating means to prevent said other operating condition fromsubstantially exceeding said maximum value.

3; In a system for maintaining an operating condition-of a-dynamoelectric machine substantially constant at a predetermined value, the combination of' a source for supplying current to said machine, regulating means responsive to variations in said operating condition from said predetermined value for controlling the flow of: current from said source to said machineto maintain said condition substantially. constant at said predetermined value, a triode havingvv a cathode, an anode-and -a control grid, means connecting: said anode itO- said regulating means,

ai-saturable reactor having a reactance winding,

a control winding and a bias winding, a source of alternating current, first rectifier means connested in circuit with said alternatingcurrent source andsaid reactance winding to cause said alternating current source to supply, unidirectional current to said reactancewinding, a resistorconnected in circuit with said rectifier means and said reactance winding to produce across said resistor a unidirectional signal voltage desecond rectifier means connected in circuit with said control windng to cause energization o'fsaid control winding only when said control voltage exceeds said reference voltage, wherebysaid control winding is energized when said other operating condition attains a predetermined maximum value, biasng means connected between said grid and said cathode for rendering said triode nonconductive, and means connectin said resistor in circuit with said biasing means to impress sa d signal voltage between said grid and said cathode, whereby said triode is rendered conductive when said other operating condition attains said maximum value to overcome said regulating means to prevent said other operating condition from substantially exceeding said maximum value.

i. In a system 'for maintaining an operating condition of a dynamoelectric machine substantially constant at a predetermined value, the

ombination of a source for supplying current to said machine, regulat ng means responsive to variations in said operating condition from said predetermined value for controlling the flow of current from said source to said. machine to maintain said condition substantially constant at said predetermined value, a triode having a cathode, an anode and a control grid, means connecting said anode to said regulating means, a saturable reactor having a reactance winding, a control winding and a bias winding, a source of alternating current, first rectifier means connected-in circuit with. said alternating current source and said reactance winding to causesaid alternating current source to supply unidirectional current to said reactance Winding, a resistor connected in circuit with said rectifier means and said reactance winding to produce across said resistor a unidirectional signal voltage dependent upon the saturation of said reactor, a source of substantially constant unidirectional reference voltage, means connecting said bias winding to said source of reference voltage, means connected to said machine for producing a unidirectional control voltage proportional to the current in said machine, means for impressingxsaid reference voltage and said control volt-' age on said control winding, second rectifier means connected in circuit with said control winding to cause energization of said control winding only when said control voltage exceeds said reference voltage, whereby said control windingiisenergized when said machine current reaches a predetermined maximum value, biasmg means connected between said grid" andsaid cathode ior :r.endering.said triode-nonconductive;

and means connecting said resistor in circuit with said biasing means to impress said signal voltage between said grid and said cathode, whereby said triod is rendered conductive when said machine current reaches said maximum value to overcome said regulating means to prevent said current from substantially exceeding said maximum value.

5. In a system for maintaining an operating condition of a dynamoelectric machine substantially constant at a predetermined value, the combination of a source for supplying current to said machine, means for reversing the direc tion of current flow in said machine, regulating means responsive to variations in said operating condition from said predetermined value for controlling the fiow of current from said source to said machine to maintain said condition substantially constant at said predetermined value, first triode means having a first anode, a first cathode and a first control grid, second triode means having a second anode, a second cathode and a second control grid, a first saturable reactor having a first reactance winding, a first bias winding and a first control winding, a second saturable reactor having a second reactance winding, a second bias winding and a second control winding, a source of alternating current for energizing said reactance windings, a first resistor connected in circuit with said source of alternating current and said first reactance winding to produce across said resistor a first signal voltage dependent upon the saturation of said first reactor, a second resistor connected in circuit with said source of alternating current and said second reactance winding to produce across said second resistor a second signal voltage dependent upon the saturation of said second reactor, a source of substantially constant unidirectional voltage for energizing said bias windings, means for energizing said control windings in dependence upon the magnitude of said current in said machine to vary the saturation of said reactors in dependence upon variations in said current, biasing means connected between said grids and said cathodes for rendering said triodes nonconductive, means connecting said first resistor in circuit with said biasing means to impress said first signal voltage between said first grid and said first cathode, and means connecting said second resistor in circuit with said biasing means to impress said second signal voltage between said second grid and said second cathode, whereby said first tricde is rendered conductive upon said machine current attaining a predetermined maximum value of one polarity and said second triode is rendered conductive upon said machine current attaining a predetermined maximum value of the other polarity to overcome said regulating means to prevent said machine current of either polarity from substantially exceeding said maximum values.

6. In a system for maintaining an operating condition of a dynamoelectric machine substantially constant at a predetermined value, the combination of a source for supplying current to said machine, means for reversing the direction of current flow in said machine, regulating means responsive to variations in said operating condition from said predetermined value for controlling the flow of current from said source to said machine to maintain said condition substantially constant at said predetermined value, first triode means having a first anode, a first cathode and a first control grid, second triode means having a second anode, a second cathode and a second control grid, a first saturable reactor having a first reactance winding, a first bias winding and a first control winding, a second saturable reactor having a second reactance winding, a second bias winding and a second control winding, a source of alternating current for energizing said reactance windings, a first resistor connected in circuit with said source of alternating current and said first reactance winding to produce across said resistor a first signal voltage dependent upon the saturation of said first reactor, a second resistor connected in circuit with said source of alternating current and said second reactance winding to produce across said second resistor a second signal voltage dependent upon the saturation of said second reactor, a source of substantially constant unidirectional reference voltage, means for energizing said bias winding from said source of reference voltage, means connected to said machine for producing a control voltage having a polarity and magnitude dependent upon the polarity and magnitude of said machine current, means for impressing said reference voltage and said control voltage on said control windings, rectifier means connected in circuit with said control windings to cause energization of one of said control windings when said control voltage exceeds said reference voltage, whereby said first control winding is energized when said machine current reaches a predetermined maximum value of one polarity and said second control winding is energized when said machine current reaches a predetermined maximum value of the other polarity, biasing means connected between said grids and said cathods for rendering said triodes nonconductive, means connecting said first resistor in circuit with said biasing means to impress said first signal voltage between said first grid and said first cathode, and means connecting said second resistor in circuit with said biasing means to impress said second signal voltage between said second grid and said second cathode, whereby said first triode is rendered conductive when said machine current reaches said predetermined maximum value of said one polarity and said second triode is rendered conductive when said machine current reaches said predetermined maximum value of said other polarity to overcome said regulating means to prevent said current of either polarity from substantially exceeding said maximum values.

THOMAS H. BLOODWORTI-I.

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